A Brief Introduction to Modern Cryptography.- Reconfigurable Hardware Technology.- Mathematical Background.- Prime Finite Field Arithmetic.- Binary Finite Field Arithmetic.- Reconfigurable Hardware Implementation of Hash Functions.- General Guidelines for Implementing Block Ciphers in FPGAs.- Architectural Designs For the Advanced Encryption Standard.- Elliptic Curve Cryptography.

Software-based cryptography can be used for security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. But hardware methods are more suitable where speed and real-time encryption are needed. Until now, there has been no book explaining how cryptographic algorithms can be implemented on reconfigurable hardware devices. This book covers computational methods, computer arithmetic algorithms, and design improvement techniques needed to implement efficient cryptographic algorithms in FPGA reconfigurable hardware platforms. The author emphasizes the practical aspects of reconfigurable hardware design, explaining the basic mathematics involved, and giving a comprehensive description of state-of-the-art implementation techniques.